Author: CARELL, PAUL. ; OSERS, E. (TRANS)
Title: Invasion - They'Re Coming! the German Account of the Allied Landings and the 80 Days' Battle for France
Description: London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. "Succeeds superbly in conveying the atmosphere inside the German strongpoints on the coast, and among the infantry and armoured units stationed along and behind the 'Atlantic Wall' that was to guard Hitler's 'European Fortress.' At the same time it enables the reader to grasp and follow the tactical and strategic moves in this decisive battle. We witness the confident morale of the German troops, born of discipline and a belief in the efficiency of higher commands and staffs, give way to the first doubts as the promised reinforcements and air support fail to materialise; we watch these doubts turn to disillusionment, and eventually into a dull indifference or sullen, angry disobedience. Thus, as we follow the carpet-bombing of towns and the inexorable dive-bombing of bridges, cross-roads, and troops on the march, the capture of town after town and village after village, we are witnesses at the same time of an even more terrifying spectacle: the crumbling and utter collapse of what, but a few years previously, had been the most powerful war machine in history." - dust jacket. This copy a 1962 reprint of the 1962 George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. first edition. First published in German in 1960. 288 pages. Bibliography, index, black and white photographic plates, black and white illustrations. Map endpapers. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise book clean and unmarked with slight wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this epic WWII account. Enser p.290. ; 8vo. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: D Day Overation Overlord Army